A suspected drug pusher was killed and eight others were arrested in separate antidrug operations in Muntinlupa and Las Piñas cities.

Melchor Guinto was killed in a shootout with operatives of the Southern Police District’s anti-illegal drugs unit at his residence in Purok 7C, Ilaya Street, in Muntinlupa, at 4 a.m. Saturday, according to case investigator SPO1 Ronnie Tamondong.

Guinto’s live-in partner, Leilani Pinor, who also transacted with the police, was arrested for violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act.

The scene of crime operatives recovered a fired cartridge of .45-cal. pistol, a .38-cal. revolver with five live ammunitions, a sachet of suspected “shabu” and a weighing scale.

In Las Piñas, five suspects were caught in the act of sniffing shabu when police conducted Oplan Tokhang on Medina Compound, Barangay Talon 4 at 5:30 p.m. Friday.